Liquid Crystals: Controlled Planar Alignment of Discotic Liquid Crystals in Microchannels Made Using SU8 Photoresist (Adv. Funct. Mater. 48/2013)

James Cattle, Peng Bao, Jonathan P Bramble, Richard J Bushby, Stephen D Evans, John E lydon, Daniel J Tate

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Abstract

    An optical micrograph taken by R. J. Bushby and co-workers using crossed polarizers shows a thin film of 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octaoctylphthalocyanine in its columnar rectangular liquid crystal phase at 100 °C. In such thin, open-to-the-air films, the columns are aligned in-plane but follow random sweeping lines. However, when open-to-the-air films are confined within micrometer-scale channels formed from SU8, all of the columns are aligned and point in the same direction, as shown on page 5997.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)6108-6108
    Number of pages1
    JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
    Volume23
    Issue number48
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Liquid Crystals: Controlled Planar Alignment of Discotic Liquid Crystals in Microchannels Made Using SU8 Photoresist (Adv. Funct. Mater. 48/2013)'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this